Combination broom



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' APPLICATIONIL-ED JAN. 2911920.

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APPLICATION FILED IAN. 29. 1920.v

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Patented Aug. II, 1922.

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Specification of Letterslatent.

Patented fitug. 1, 1922.

Application led January 29, 1920. Serial No. 354,997.'

To all iti/tom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, DAVID W. FRANK, a citizen of the United States9 residing at Bethlehem, in the county of Lehigh and State ot Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Com bination Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a new and useful implement 'from the combination o'i' variousother implement-s into a unified structure, so that the user may more conveniently and efficiently avail himseli' oi? the separate or joint use of any of the implements so combined.

Another object oi this invention is to provide a combination implement of the character'describedincluding a broom, a sho-vel, a scraper, and an ice digger; means being associated with the implement handle, wherei by certain of the constituent elements of the combination may be relatively adjusted to an operative or inoperative position.

rlhe invention further contemplates the arrangement or association of the several combined implements above referred to so that the scraper element constitutes a hinged 1 connecting link between the shovel and brush element respectively, while the digger element provides an advanced guard or shield tor the brush and shovel, when either is in use.

TWith the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in the details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts as are hereinafter more fully described and pointed out, reference being had to the several views of the accompanying drawj ings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved implement when used as a broom;

Fig. 2, an elevation showing the implement `reversed to illustratepits use as a shovel; t

Fig. 3, a front view of the brush head illustrating the ice digger and hinged scraper,

ln the drawings, 1 indicates-a brush head carrying the usualbristles 2 and further provided in `this instancewith alprotective kcasing 3 enclosing abrushlhead on three sides and provided on its foremost side with a bearing block 4 to which is pivoted a suitable spring-'pressed catchdever 5. An elongated 4handle 6 is secured to the broom head 1 as illustrated`,one end ,of the handlebeing screw-threadedr foi-,engagement with a correspondingly threaded recess in the broom head, although it is obvious that other and .appropriate methods of attaching the handle may be employed. j

Combined with the broom above described is a shovel '7 having the inclined back wall 8 and the raised bottom portion 9 in which is accommodated the endlO of the lift-lever 11 thus forming an abutment means to hold the shovel in an inoperative position. The liftlever 11 extends longitudinally of the broom handle 6 with its arched end 10 pivotally.

connected to the under side of the shovel as indicated at 12; the other end of the lever being bent, as at 13 to provide an offset portion 14C,l having its end slotted as at 15 to slidably accommodate the pivot pin 16 of a4 hand-lever 17. The lever 17 comprises the oppositely extending offset arms 18 and 19 respectively, the tormer constituting a handgrip and the latter being fulcrumed at 20 to the ear-pieces of the handle-encircling band 2l.

is a connecting link between the shovel 7 and the broom 1, a scraper element 22 is provided and consists of wing portions 23 and 24 respectively hinged together as at 25, The wing 24 of the hinge is bolted to the top of the broom head 1 and lis providedwith a rearwardly extension 26 which carries a sleeve Q7 'for encircling and supportingthe broom handle 6. The wing 23 is bolted to the rear inclined wall 8 of the shovel 7 and is provided with an extension 28 inclined oppositely to the shovel -wall 8 and providing the scraper attachment for use in the man ner hereinafter explained.

es illustrated in Fig. 1, the shovel is supported in an inoperative position above the broom head 1 which is hingedly connected to the rear shovel end, the latter projecting slightly beyond the forward face ot the broom while its open end projects rearwardly above the handle 6 and is engaged by the `catch 29. This catch is illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 7 of the accompanying drawlOO ings and is pivotedtothe side block 30, carried by handie T'6 and is further provided with an elongated depending shank 3l by which the catch maybe manually bperatfe'd ifdesired.` The: catch vis normally forced into locking lposition by imeans of a spring 32 which has one end secured tOi-.theblock and the otherend fastened to .a finger 33 jformed rearwardly A"of the catch 29. The

catch "is normall-ycontrol'ledby "the lever 34y pivotedfto theihandlel and connectedto the catch :by means' of a' connecting wire 35 `whichunayibefattached to any'of'the catch openingsx'. Should it'be desirable `the levera and wireimay beidispensed with and the 'catch ymerely i'manually operated by means off-its sh'anlr 3l. Permanently .attached "to the i handle @at `suitable points are "'alipair `ofi-le vers-holders37,-ea 1-h'comprising a f liandlegripping `band 38 *and Ia hook bear-l ;iirg portion 39 "which lis-"adapted .to engage ,over the hand grippin'ggportion 18 of the lever-I7* so'V as to? prevent the lever from-'flop- -pilifig' around: d tiring' use of the device.

nnddition to the "above Lthere is also i provided 1 al digger f attachment `partic'ularly Iiadapted for fthe choppinguppor,breaking "or" ice `1aiidconsisting *eta blade a() having` a ffsliarpenededfge el' and the `inclined reart fiifardfiiange"42 4'by l`means ,of `which itis "fibdite'd-ftoifthecasing ofthe `brush head,

fbelowltlie catch: block 5. The digger eXtendsy-orwardly `ot the broom head in -"substz'intiaily'a straight line with the handle 'verticalpositiom thus permitting unhanipis so lpo'siti'one'd. yThe shovel T, during the` i ered use fof the digger while the i implement ';igi'seoitfV the digger, I is folded :back upon the top of the broom `head as illustratedji'n Erg.

llfoiffthe drawings and is'held place by s catch 29. i `By' bringing the tool to a horizontalt-po'sitiolnxit may conveniently be used as a [street brush, the digger "being elevated outrofcontact with the'` ground and by reai sbnxofits'inclined` position projecting forwar-idly ofthe br'ushrbrist-les--Q soasto pro- 4 fvidefan vadvance shield or guard for the @broom7 and "is:particularlyuseful when used #for street cleaning purposes orwhere any *lia'rdorlumpy matter is encountered, `as the digger, b yi reason of' f its advanced position, `^may be vaused'to penetrate any accumulated pile oi' such lumpy substance an'd to separate thesame" so that the resistance of the i'piiletoathef brushing 'force oi the bristles is YimateriallyIlesseiietl.

f order` toutiliz'e the shovel A'feature of thevimplement, the catch 29. is released by jmovedV upwardly vto j raise the link bar ll,` Vflhef iiaisi-ngof the hnlrbar causes the shovel 3', tobe thrown orwardlyabout the end i until the extension 28 abuts the brush head :are vprevented from wabbling 5` and upon reversingtlie tool so that `the broom is uppermost *the shovel `is brought into operative position with the digger e()4 projectin'gbetween the shovel and ibroom and uniting with, the. digger extension so as to forman overhanging and rear wall for the shovel which will prevent any `excess oithefdirt or 4other material gathered by the shovel from [mingling with the bristles o'ffthe bi-,oomor the shovel'locking mechanism.

U pon reversing thelever l? so A'that the shovel 'is thrown into inoperative position, as illustrated in litigay l, theiscraper eXtension '28, is exposed and may be u'tiliaed'in'erelyby the inverting ofthe tool` so tha`t`the bristles are uppermost. It isvthus evident `that -while Vthe shovel is ininoperative'position the broom 2, lthedigger .40, and the `iscllape-28m @RCh-exposed and available 10i-USG merely by turning thehandleso as to bring the selected implementfinto properiposition, and ashas been "explained,

all oi' the implement-s are so arranged and proportioned as tomodify or in "some instances enlarge the usefulness of eaehimplenieiit las it -is brought intense, and all `joiiitly contribute to provide a singlefs'tru'cture adapted iorjdifferent and various uses.

IAlthough tliev'itoregoing description'and ac-v` comp'aiiying drawings may be considered fas `having reference to the preferred 'or approved ffori'n oftheinventionfitis to be understood that such-changes inthe construction,` combination, and arrangement @of partsinay'beresorted to as are v"deemed"exi pedient and are permissible within the scope of thetappenlded claims.

What I claim as new and desire to isecure by yLetters LPatent Ais H- e Y t '1, A device otthefcharacter describedincliiding a lieayd shovel, a scraper hingedly connecting "the Vs`h'o`v'e'l`to` 'the head 'and 'a digger projecting from the broom heatl'fto-pro- 2. A devicef' the characterdescribedjinlcludingy,ay-head, a handle therefor, "shovel, a hinge connection between the-shovel and head, said hinge having onei'porti'onfiixed to Uthe s'yhovelfthe fotl'i'er` portion t bein'grffiired to 'the head, means for "moving ."said shovel about the hingeinto operative or'ih'opera'tive position, an eiteiis'ronon'theshovel-carriedhinge portion topro'videfa scrapenat- Vtafch'nf'ient when' the 'shovel-is `in an inoperative positionl and to providebracing 'abutment means between the shovel and head when the former is brought into operative position.

3. A device of the character described including a head, a scraper hinged forwardly of one side of the head, a shovel carried by said scraper between the hinged end and the scraper end and normally positioned to project rearwardly over said head, a digger fixed to said head below the scraper and project ing outwardly therefrom, means lor moving said shovel and Ascraper about the head so that when the device is invertedthe shovel projects forwardly of said head beneath said digger, said scraper abutting said digger to limit the movement of said shovel and acting jointly to said digger to provide an o'verhangingI rear guard ilange for said shovel, and catch means carried by said head and engaging said scraper for retaining the shovel in its adjusted position.

4:. A device of the character described including a head, a handle therefor, a shovel normally disposed across the top oit' said head, a hinge connecting the rear end of said shovel to said head, a catch on said handle j for releasably engaging the shovel, means on said handle for raising said shovel off said head and projecting it forwardly thereof,

stop means carried hy said shovel for abutment with the head whereby the shovel may beheld projected at an angle from said head, and catch means on said head for holding the shovel in its projected position whereby said shovel may be brought into operative position upon inverting the position of said device.

5. A device of the character described including a head, a handle therefor, a shovel.

pivotally connected to said head, a lever on said handle, a lift-bar pivotedA at one end to .the shovel and at the other end to said lever, and dierent abutment means for retaining the shovel one in an operative position and the other in an inoperative position.

6. A device of the character described including a head, a handle therefor, a shovel pivotally connected to said head. a lever on said handle and a littbar pivoted at one end to the shovel and at the other end to said lever. i

In Vtestimony vvhereoiil I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVD WALTER FRANK.

Witnesses:

R. B. KLOK, M. D., C. K. MIDDAUGH. 

